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ups & downs of trying to be healthier

8 MILES :0)

I’ve hit the 8-mile mark. Only time will tell if the three blisters I have on my big toe/the balls of my feet were worth it. They don’t hurt too bad, but whenever they pop I’m sure I won’t be walking well, let alone running. I may just take the week off running to let them heal a little–it’d be nice to ride a bike 🙂

There are a couple of photo highlights from my run.

This guy came up to the trail from a country road. Then he basically barreled past me (it’s not hard to pass me, I run slow). And I realized he was barefoot! He wasn’t running with his arms up until right when I took the picture, but I just think this is a once-in-a-lifetime photo op 😀

I found this very appropriate. The light at the end of the tunnel is the end of my 8-mile run. And boy, it couldn’t have come soon enough.

me…healthier

2012: The beginning of my journey to be healthier.
2013: My personal peak of fitness and health. Proudest moments being the two half-marathons I ran.
2014: Pregnant with first baby, gained 40 pounds. But Madilyn was totally worth it
2015: Varying efforts to try to get my butt back in shape.
2016: Really struggled with food, but also activity level, due to a molar pregnancy and a separate miscarriage. Heaviest I've ever been, even more than before I originally started my healthy lifestyle.
September 2016-present: Pregnant again and so far, so good.